Background
She was the daughter of Thomas-Jacques Taschereau and Marie-Claire de Fleury de Louisiana Gorgendière, and sister of Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau.
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Career
As an Ursuline, she worked as a teacher, and served as a Mother Superior. Her father had come to New France from France in 1726, married into a wealthy family and became the owner of the Sainte-Marie seigneury which was the family home. She entered the Ursuline convent in May, 1764 as a postulant.
In August she took the religious habit as Sister Marie-Anne-Louise de Saint-François-Xavier.
She had a lifetime of service with the order including serving as its superior.
